NCAA One Step Closer To Taking Back Control

[Scott D]

There are aspects of this that are positive, but there are a lot of negatives as well.


Parry Appointed National Coordinator of College Football Officials

Dec 28, 2:35 PM (ET)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Longtime college and NFL referee David Parry will be the first national coordinator of college football officiating.

Parry, coordinator of football officials for the Big Ten, will oversee national training programs for referees, assign and evaluate postseason officiating crews, and coordinate national meetings of the referees, the NCAA said Friday.

The NCAA and the Collegiate Commissioners Association also established College Football Officiating LLC, which will be governed by a 15-member board.

Eleven representatives will come from the Division I Bowl Subdivision, two from Division I Championship Subdivision conferences and two will be appointed by NCAA President Myles Brand.

A subsidiary of the NCAA and the CCA, the CFO will aim to create consistency in applying game rules and officiating mechanics and to ensure officials and conferences adhere to directives from the NCAA and commissioners association.


"This cooperative effort ... enhances the existing strong system in place across conferences and will better position the officiating community in the future," Tom Jernstedt, an NCAA executive vice president and chairman of the CFO board, said in a statement. "College football is experiencing unprecedented fan and media interest and the potential for growth is very good. We want to ensure the best possible system is in place to support that growth."

The CFO will also appoint the national coordinator of officials. Parry, an NCAA official for 20 years and an NFL official for 15 years, was proud to be the first.

"Enhancing college football officiating to the highest level will be the challenge," he said. "By cooperation and leveraging the talent within our conferences and inside the NCAA, we can ensure a shared success."

Parry's experience includes 20 NCAA tournaments, 12 NFL playoffs and four NFL championship games. He officiated at the Super Bowl in 1983.

[Flagstaffsooner]

The NCAA will **** it up worse than it already is.

[NYC Poke]

The NCAA will **** it up worse than it already is.


Proven by the fact that they chose the coordinator of officials from the Big 10. I seem to recall some controversy involving an official from the Big 10 recently . . .

[GottaHavePride]

It's a good start, but they need to do away with conference officials. All officials need to be NCAA officials and assigned to games away from their home regions.

They also need to be paid enough that they can be held accountable for their performance.

[soonerboomer93]

my personal preference would be for

National pool of officials. All paid for and trained by the NCAA. Conferences/independants would all contribute to the money pool to pay for training and salaries. Maybe FCS and FBS would have the same pool, maybe seperate pools, but all officials would make the same base pay, with merit and positions increases. No wages based on tenure, only merit based pay increases.

Same replay system required at all schools. Standardize the equipment, and training. Use the same equipment they have in the NFL.

[soonerboomer93]

Proven by the fact that they chose the coordinator of officials from the Big 10. I seem to recall some controversy involving an official from the Big 10 recently . . .

they don't perform background checks and had an official with a questionable background working (domestic violence and some questions about his financial stability i think)

[Curly Bill]

Here's the question: could things be much worse then they are now?

...OK, don't answer that, but you know what I'm sayin. ;)

[goingoneight]

I think we need to train monkies and robots. The monkies can be all cool, acting out the field signals and stuff while the robots analyze and call the game.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Proven by the fact that they chose the coordinator of officials from the Big 10. I seem to recall some controversy involving an official from the Big 10 recently . . .

Apparently one official had a liking to the casinos and lost so much money he and his wife had to declare Bankruptcy. So much for "in control" refs, surely not a candidate for tanking games...

Wonder why the B10/11? why not someone from the SEC, ACC or Big Least?

[Flagstaffsooner]

Wonder why the B10/11? why not someone from the SEC, ACC or Big Least?At least it wasn't Pac10.

[Crucifax Autumn]

will oversee national training programs for referees

Training...Now that's a real idea! And during training they oughtta hand out some kinda book that has rules and stuff in it: A rulebook I think they call it!

[Stitch Face]

The officials could be (largely) eliminated by lasertag-era technology. Just put strips of sensors running down through the field every foot, plus sensor pads on the players' uniforms around the knees, butt, and hands. Also one in the ball. Concentrate the field sensors more around the endzone/pylons. Then the field could 'tell' when the player was down and where the ball was at the corresponding moment.

[yermom]

It's a good start, but they need to do away with conference officials. All officials need to be NCAA officials and assigned to games away from their home regions.

They also need to be paid enough that they can be held accountable for their performance.

$$$

where is all the extra money gonna come from?

i wonder if this would put any pressure on the Pac 10 to change their OOC policy

[Jason White's Third Knee]

Proven by the fact that they chose the coordinator of officials from the Big 10. I seem to recall some controversy involving an official from the Big 10 recently . . .


I agree with you... but I can't think of a conference that would sound good either.

PAC 10? No f'ing way. We've bent over for them enough.
SEC? Please kill me.
Big XII? Lubbock?
Big East? Maybe. Only because I don't no anything about them.
ACC? I would think that with all of the gun play they would have corruption as well.
Conf USA?


I am gonna have to go with the WAC or the Sunbelt.

[Jason White's Third Knee]

The officials could be (largely) eliminated by lasertag-era technology. Just put strips of sensors running down through the field every foot, plus sensor pads on the players' uniforms around the knees, butt, and hands. Also one in the ball. Concentrate the field sensors more around the endzone/pylons. Then the field could 'tell' when the player was down and where the ball was at the corresponding moment.


It'll get there. Why am I picturing guys with those vitual reality styrofoam balls all over there unis?

[TUSooner]

It's a good start, but they need to do away with conference officials. All officials need to be NCAA officials and assigned to games away from their home regions.

They also need to be paid enough that they can be held accountable for their performance.
Yes.

[insuranceman_22]

I hear that Vegas and the Soprano's are lobbying to GR from the Pac 10 in charge of this thing......

[KingDavid]

It'll get there. Why am I picturing guys with those vitual reality styrofoam balls all over there unis?

the only balls i want near my unit are not made of styrofoam.;)

[KingDavid]

The officials could be (largely) eliminated by lasertag-era technology. Just put strips of sensors running down through the field every foot, plus sensor pads on the players' uniforms around the knees, butt, and hands. Also one in the ball. Concentrate the field sensors more around the endzone/pylons. Then the field could 'tell' when the player was down and where the ball was at the corresponding moment.

Interesting. I could see how this would help especially on the goal line.

Something feels odd about it, though. Not sure why.